Belvidere police to step up patrols through Labor Day weekend

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Aug 22, 2014 at 2:59 PMAug 22, 2014 at 3:29 PM

BELVIDERE — The Belvidere Police Department will step up seat-belt violation and DUI patrols through Labor Day weekend.

Officers will be placed on specialized “roving saturation” patrols to enforce DUI laws and monitor seat-belt enforcement zones in crash-prone, high-traffic locations. Additional patrols staffed by officers that would normally be off-duty will also be deployed.

The extra staffing is funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Traffic Safety.